I'm trying my zero-start ironman run. If it's a game-over, I restart. Is this feasible? So far, my strategy is
1. raise my strength from frail to weak via a pub or prostitution
2. raise my strength to unfit by sparring in the arena
3. Get a guild contract slave.
I've tried more than 20 times so far with no success. Even though I've read all the zero-start posts in this thread, I keep failing in one of those steps. I would appreciate if anyone can clarify the followings for me.
1. Does excessive Kamra usage(one a day, every day) drain strength?
2. Does eating food > your strength increases your strength? What are the food qualities sold in the virgin's HIP? There are 1$, 3$, 2$, and 3$ menu, respectively.
3. Does having any sort of sex under any circumstances (with your slave or prostitutions house) increase your strength? In my playthrough this seemed slower than eating food, somehow.
4. Can you do 2 and 3 multiple times a day? If not, do they stack? (can you do both for your benefits?)
5. Does losing in the arena raises your strength too? Your combat ability? The weakest slave always one-shots me due to my low mental strength and I'm wondering if I can still use the loss to improve my strength or combat rating. (when you're at frail strength, losing does not tell you it could improve your strength. It simply says "you lie defeated on the ground" I did a test in a custom start; I only ever spared an unarmed slave for the first 50 days non-stop but after my fight skill got to d-, the strength remained at f-(frail) and each spar was followed by a message that it neither improved my strength nor fighting skills.
6. Should I try to get a slave on day 1 and let her be to increase taming and whatnot, risking higher bills or does my current strategy seem better?
